Machine for applying mortar to tiles.



No. 820,706. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906;

E. M. DEZENDORP. MACHINE FOR APPLYING MORTAR T0 TILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZ'T. 1905.

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No. 820,706. .PATENTED MAY 15, 1906. E. M. DBZENDORP.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING MORTAR'TO TILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT o FIoE. EDWIN M. DEZENDORF, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING MORTAR TO T ILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed May 27, 1905 Serial No. 262,644-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN M. -DEZEN DORF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Applying Mortar to Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to machines for applying mortar. to tiles and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine or device which is adapted to be so operated as to apply the layer of cement or mortar to a series of tiles, bricks, or other bodies simultaneously and at the same time apply thesaid plastic material upon the said bodies in uniform thickness and quantity throughout. This process is generally known in the art as butter'ing tile.

The device consists, primarily, of. aframe in which is located a series of compartments,

each adapted to hold a number of tiles. A plunger is located in each compartment and a platform is located under all of the said plungers and supports them. The said plat form is adapted to move vertically within suitable guides, and a means is provided for elevating said platform, and springs are attached to said platform for depressing the same. A grille is hinged to the frame and is adapted to lie over the upper ends of said compartments in such manner that the open ings of the grille are located over the upper ends of the compartments, and the edges of the solid portions of the grille extend slightly over the edges of the upper ends of the said compartments. A movable guide is located above the said grille, and within the said guide 1 is located a scraper which is adapted to be moved laterally.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the machine, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the same cut on the line 4 4 of Fig.3.

The machine consists of the frame 1, Within which is located a number of partitions 2 2, the spaces between which constitute the compartments 3. The legs 4 4 support the frame 1. A plunger 5 is located in each compartment 3, and the supports 6 are each attached at their upper ends to a plunger 5 said compartments.

and at their lower ends to the platform 7. The legs 4 4 form guides for the said platform 7. The coil-springs 8 8 are attached at their upper ends to the said platform- 7 and at their lower ends to the lugs9 9, 'extending from the legs 4 4. The shaft 10 is journaled in the frame 1 and is provided at one end with the ratchet-Wheel 11, which is adapted to be engaged by the pawl 12, pivoted to the end of the frame 1. Said ratchetwheel is provided With-a handle 13. The chains 15 are fixed at their upper ends to the shaft 10 and at their lower ends to the platform 7 The grille 16 is hinged to the edge of the frame 1 and is so constructed that its openings 17 will lie over the upper ends of the compartments 3 and the solid portions of the said grille extend slightly beyond each side of the upper ends of the partitions 2 2, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The movable guide 18 is adapted to rest upon the top of the grille 16, and the scraper 19 is adapted to slide within the sides of the guide 18.

The operation of the device is as follows: The guide 18 and the scraper 19 having first been removed, the grille 16 is swung back on its hinges, and a number of tiles are loaded into each of the compartments 3. The grille is then swung 'down .over the upper end of The guide 18 is placed upon the grille, and the scraper 19 is placed in said guide. By turning the shaft 10 the chains 15 are wound upon the said shaft and the platform 7 is elevated until the upper surface of the top tiles come against the lower surface of the edges of the perforations 1 7 of the grille 16. Themortaris then deposited upon the said grille 16 and passes down through the openings 17 thereof and comes in contact with the upper exposed surface of the tiles. The scraper is then passed laterally over the said grille and within the sides of the guide 18 and removes the surplus mortar and compresses that which is within the opening 17 of the grille 16 against the exposed surface of the tile 19 and leaves a deposit of mortar upon the tile in uniform thickness and quantity throughout. The guide and the scraper 19 are then removed. The grille 16 is swung back upon its hinges, and the shaft 10 is rotated slightly, so as to elevate the platform 7 sufficiently to bring the upper layer of tiles above the upper ends of the compartments 3. Thus the tiles having the mortar applied thereto are elevated sufliciently so that they may be readily removed and applied by the and the coil-springs 8 draw the platform 7 down, when the plungers 5 descend, and the compartments 3 may be reloaded and the operation above described repeated.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for applying plastic material to bodies consisting of a compartment adapted to hold the bodies and a plunger entering said compartment, and a means for elevating said plunger, a removable grille located over said compartment and a scraper adapted to pass over said grille.

2. A device for applying plastic material to a series of bodies simultaneously consisting of a series of compartments each adapted to hold several bodies, a plunger located in each compartment and a means for elevating said plunger simultaneously, a grille adapted to lay over the upper end of said compartments and a scraper adapted to pass over said grille.

3. A device for applying plastic material to bodies consisting of a compartment adapted to hold the bodies, a plungerlocated in said compartment, a rotatable shaft journaled in the framework of the device, a flexible connection between said shaft and a plungersupport, a grille adapted to lay over the upper endof said compartment and a scraper adapted to pass over said grille.

4. A device for applying plastic material to bodies consisting of a compartment adapted to hold the bodies, a plunger located in said compartment, a vertically-movable platform supporting said plunger, a means for moving said platform, a grille adapted to lay over said compartment and a scraper adapted to pass over said grille.

5. A device for applying plastic material to bodies consisting of a compartment adapted to hold the bodies, a plunger located in said compartment, a vertically-movable platform supporting said plunger, guides receiving said platform, a means for elevating said platform and springs for drawing said platform down, a grille adapted to lay over said compartment and a scraper adapted to pass over said grille.

6. A device for applying plastic material to bodies consisting of a series of compartments arran ed in a frame, each compartment adapted to l iold a number of bodies and a means for elevating the bodies in said com artments, a grille hinged to said frameand a apted to lay over said compartments, and a scraper adapted to pass over said grille.

7. A device for applying plastic material to bodies consisting of a series of compartments located in a frame, each adapted to hold the bodies and a means for elevating the bodies in said compartments, a grille hinged to said frame and adapted to lay oversaid compar tments, a removable guide adapted to rest upon said grille and a scraper adapted to operate within said guide and pass over said grille.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN M. DEZENDORF.

Witnesses:

ERNEST F. RILEY, M. E. BYRoM. 

